AOA News

AOA outside counsel delivers a cease-and-desist letter to VBM related to doctor-reported concerns of company business practices.

Regulators reminded prescribers that both federal rules, updated in recent years, require prescribers to provide patients with a copy of their prescription. The AOA offers compliance resources for practices to reference.

What doctors of optometry need to know about the confidential potential settlement.

AOA doctor and student advocates work hard to ensure their U.S. House and Senate leaders understand optometry's priorities as Congress advances a sweeping legislative package, seen by AOA as both an opportunity to secure pro-optometry policies and a potential threat to reimbursement and coverage of optometrist-provided care.

Congressional support for vision benefit manager (VBM) reforms continues to build with the latest bill introduced seeking to rebalance the relationship among plans, patients and their doctors.

The bipartisan Dental and Optometric Care Access (DOC Access) Act takes on the abusive practices by Vision Benefit Managers and seeks rebalance in relationship between plans, patients and their doctors.